Iu? Uk?

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IU and Kentucky will not be playing next year. Calipari wanted to move it back to neutral venues, Crean stood his ground and did not want to cater to Calipari. The series had been at Rupp and Assembly Hall the last six years, I believe.

I know Mick has mentioned wanting to play some of the regional teams, so here is a good opportunity. IU will likely get UNC or NC State in B1G/ACC at home, and is playing in a two-game event in New York with UGA, UCLA, Georgetown. They also get Butler at Banker's Life. IU probably doesn't NEED another big game, but I don't see why they shouldn't pick up another power six team.

UK is still set to play a game at Lucas Oil in Indy, so maybe UC could fill that void. UK is without IU and UNC on its schedule this year and Calipari seems to favor netural sites since he knows Rupp will be sold out anyway and he thinks it helps them for tournament. If UC doesn't get a home game with UK in the Big East/SEC Challenge (I'm sure if he saw Pitino's comments about the UC-UofL atmosphere, Calipari will not want to come to the Shoe), maybe UC can play them at Lucas Oil. Would be a ton of UK fans, but there would be plenty of UC fans willing to make that drive.